LANDMARK FINANCIAL CORP /DE
SC 14D9/A, 2000-06-01
SAVINGS INSTITUTION, FEDERALLY CHARTERED
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                UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, D.C.20549

                                 SCHEDULE 14D-9
                                (Amendment No. 1)
                   Solicitation/Recommendation Statement Under
            Section 14(d) (4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                            Landmark Financial Corp.
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                            (Name of Subject Company)

                            Landmark Financial Corp.
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                        (Name of Person Filing Statement)

                     Common Stock, Par Value $.10 per share
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    514914100
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                      (CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

                                Gordon E. Coleman
                      President and Chief Executive Officer
                            Landmark Financial Corp.
                               211 Erie Boulevard
                           Canajoharie, New York 13317
                                 (518) 673-2012
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          (Name, Address and Telephone Numbers of Person Authorized to
               Receive Notices and Communications on behalf of the
                          person filing this statement)

                                    Copy to:
                                Alan Schick, Esq.
                   Luse Lehman Gorman Pomerenk & Schick, P.C.
                           5335 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W.
                                    Suite 400
                             Washington, D.C. 20015
                                 (202) 274-2000

[ ]  Check this box if the filing relates  solely to preliminary  communications
     made before the commencement of a tender offer.

     The subject company restates the information  previously contained in Items
1-8 of this  Schedule  14D-9.  This  Amendment is being filed in order to file a
press release issued on June 1, 2000.





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Item 9.  Exhibits

     (A)(1) Disclosure document dated May 23, 2000 (previously filed).

     (A)(2) Press Release dated June 1, 2000.

     (E)(1) Agreement and Plan of Merger  (incorporated  by reference to Current
          Report on Form  8-K,  filed  via  EDGAR on March 3,  2000.  Landmark's
          Commission File Number is 0-22951.)

     (E)(2)  Definitive  Proxy  Statement  for Annual  Meeting  of  Stockholders
          (incorporated by reference and filed via EDGAR on June 11, 1999).


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Signature.  After due inquiry  and to the best of my  knowledge  and  belief,  I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.


/s/ Gordon E. Coleman
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Signature
Gordon E. Coleman, President and Chief Executive Officer


June 1, 2000
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Date





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                                  EXHIBIT (A) 2

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                            LANDMARK FINANCIAL CORP.
                              TRUSTCO BANK CORP NY

[LMFC Logo]                                                       [Trustco Logo]



Thursday, June 1, 2000

News Release

Contact: Landmark Financial Corp                           TrustCo Bank Corp NY
          Gordon E. Coleman                                William F. Terry
          President & CEO                                  Secretary
          518-673-2012                                     518-381-3611

                              FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

                  TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER IS DISSOLVED AND
                PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION REQUEST IS DENIED ALLOWING
                       STOCKHOLDER VOTE TO BE SCHEDULED ON
                             TRUSTCO-LANDMARK MERGER

Canajoharie, NY and Schenectady, NY June 1, 2000

     Gordon  E.  Coleman,   Chief  Executive   Officer  of  Landmark   Financial
Corporation-  (NASDAQ  OTC:BB  LMFC) and Robert A.  McCormick,  Chief  Executive
Officer of TrustCo Bank Corp NY (NASDAQ  National  Market TRST) today  announced
that New York State  Supreme  Court  Justice  Robert P. Best,  sitting in Fonda.
Montgomery   County,   yesterday   signed  an  order  dissolving  the  Temporary
Restraining  Order entered on April 17, 2000.  The Temporary  Restraining  Order
prohibited  Landmark from taking steps to hold a special meeting of stockholders
for the purpose of  considering  and voting upon an Agreement and Plan of Merger
with TrustCo Bank. Judge Best also denied a request for a Preliminary Injunction
made the same day by Charles F. Cefalu and Private Mortgage Investment Services,
Inc. As a result  Landmark  Financial  Corporation can now proceed to schedule a
stockholder  meeting  (anticipated  to take  place in mid to late July) to allow
Landmark  stockholders to vote on the pending merger agreement pursuant to which
TrustCo has agreed to acquire all of the  outstanding  stock of Landmark for $21
per share.

     "We are gratified that Judge Best has agreed that the Temporary Restraining
Order no longer serves a purpose".,  said Mr. Coleman.,  "and we look forward to
giving our stockholders an opportunity to vote an the pending merger agreement"

     "TrustCo is very  pleased  that it can now move forward to the next step of
the acquisition process", stated Mr. McCormick.

     Landmark  Financial  Corporation,  with assets of S26 million,  operates an
office in Canajoharie,  NY. TrustCo, with assets of $2.4 billion,  presently has
53 locations in nine counties in the Capital Region of New York State.




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